Abstract
We study the effect of the second Intifada-a violent conflict between Israel and its Palestinian neighbors which erupted in September 2000-and the ensuing demonstrations of Arab citizens of Israel on labor market outcomes of Arabs relative to those of Jewish Israelis. The analysis relies on a large matched employer-employee dataset, focusing on firms that in the pre-Intifada period hired both Arabs and Jews. We find that until September 2000 Arab workers had a lower rate of job separation than their Jewish peers and that this differential was significantly reduced after the outbreak of the Intifada.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 419-437 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Journal of Population Economics |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Ethnic conflict
- Israel
- Job separation